Texas storm reports for May 16, 2020

Name: NOAA storm reports, Texas, May 16, 2020
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 1 wind report and 5 tornado reports in Texas on May 16, 2020.

in Texas; 6
Storm reports: About 15 miles from Brownsville, TX; 61 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, near 33.50, -94.17, TX; 5
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 16, 2020 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

Reports by hour

Wind1, most at 9 AM

Tornado5, most at 1 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
12:36 PM	EF0	About 43 miles from Tyler, TX	1.03 mi long, 150 yd wide
1:33 PM	EF0	About 58 miles from Longview, TX	0.64 mi long, 30 yd wide
1:47 PM	EF0	About 39 miles from Mesquite, TX	2.17 mi long, 250 yd wide
3:37 PM	Not rated	Near 33.28, -94.19, TX	2.63 mi long, 40 yd wide
5:05 PM	EF1	Near 33.50, -94.17, TX	0.19 mi long, 30 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Brownsville, TX	None	61 mph	0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.